The Massachusetts Republican primary is for 41 delegates to be awarded proportionaly. Candidates must reach a minimum of 15% of the vote to be awarded delegates. In 2008, Romney won 55% of the vote to McCain’s 45%. It will be held on March 6, 2012, otherwise known as Super Tuesday. Other primaries that day include Alaska, [...]
DANVILLE, Ill. – Americans might not agree on much these days, but we can all agree that kids should not be bullied at school. But what happens when the school bully turns out to be the child’s teacher? That concern was raised at a Danville school board meeting last night by parent and school board member Gina [...]
In an unprecedented attack on two private citizens, the Barack Obama campaign has issued an email from Jim Messina, the campaign manager, specifically targeting the Koch brothers. Here’s the text: In just about 24 hours, Mitt Romney is headed to a hotel ballroom to give a speech sponsored by Americans for Prosperity, a front group founded and [...]
North Dakota’s Republican caucus will be held on March 6, 2012, otherwise known as Super Tuesday. Other primaries that day include Alaska, Georgia, Idaho, Massachusetts, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Vermont and Virginia. There are 28 unbound delegates at stake in ND. North Dakota is hoping for a good turn-out based upon recent history. Rick Santorum and […]
Obama claims there are no easy fixes; after all the United States has only 2% of the world's oil reserves. This is not only demagoguery of the worst sort but an outright lie.
Meanwhile the hapless Republicans somehow are unable to organize an effective political debate over global warming hysteria that is affecting everything from Solyndra to the Keystone Pipeline
WASHINGTON, Michigan -- Many pundits predict that if Mitt Romney wins Tuesday's Republican primaries in Michigan and Arizona, the momentum will carry the former Massachusetts governor to a sweep of the Super Tuesday primaries a week later. But one veteran of the topsy-turvy 2012 campaign expressed doubts Thursday about any such prediction. "Michiga […]
Now let us speak of "social issues." Now let us show how extreme and antediluvian we are. Now let us be horribly insensitive. Now let us give "the vapors" to the coastal elites. Now let us drive the establishment media batty. Now let us win an election while sticking to our well-considered principles. In fact, now let us win an election b […]
The most recent installment of the reality TV series, known as the Republican Presidential Debates, drew more cable viewers than The Jersey Shore or any of the cable channels' tributes to Whitney Houston. Never before have so many Americans been directly engaged in political discourse. (There were as many tweets, Google searches, etc. for the Arizona de […]
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From a cheering Politico: Obama: I’ve got ‘five years’ left to solve immigration By BYRON TAU 2/23/12 In an interview with Univision Radio, President Barack Obama said that he has "five years" left in his presidency to figure out issues like comprehensive immigration reform. Striking a confident note about his reelection prospects […]
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